Solicitor in Glasgow

Overview

Glasgow City Council is Scotland\’s largest local authority. Its Chief Executive\’s Department wishes to appoint a solicitor to work within its busy Litigation team. The focus of the work will be advising and representing Glasgow City Council\’s Health and Social Care Partnerships in matters concerning vulnerable adults including adults with incapacity. You will work as part of a pre-existing team and may be called upon to provide other types of advice and representation to Social Work and other departments.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and representation to the Health and Social Care Partnerships on matters concerning vulnerable adults, including adults with incapacity.
• Work as part of the Council\’s Litigation team and support Social Work and other departments as required.

Application information

Please note this is a re-advertisement and previous applicants should not re-apply.

Application packs

We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call 0141 287 1054. If we need to post it to you, we\’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we\’ll be happy to help.

Accessibility tools

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Further information

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see Working for Us/Job Evaluation. For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies. LNKD1_UKTJ